Title: Mentorship for All Librarians: Collaborating to Create a Statewide Mentorship Program.
Authors: Wallace, Bailey; Walker, Donna; Nelson, Rose
Abstract: This article will describe the steps taken to create a statewide mentorship program for interested and motivated library staff. The authors will share a pilot project in Colorado that was founded with a commitment to increasing diversity in library leadership, and fostering equity, diversity and inclusion by empowering library workers, library administrators, and information professionals to connect with each other and share professional knowledge and experience for career growth. Included will be group formation and logistics, how work was created and operationalized, evaluation results from participants, program sustainability, and lessons learned.
Subjects: COLORADO; MENTORING; CAREER development; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARY personnel; GROUP formation; INFORMATION professionals
Publication: Journal of Library Administration, 2023, Vol 63, Issue 7, p939
ISSN: 0193-0826
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2023.2262368

Mentorship for All Librarians: Collaborating to Create a Statewide Mentorship Program.

Wallace, Bailey; Walker, Donna; Nelson, Rose